Q30 / 200 · NEET 2006 · Botany

In photosystem-I, the first electron acceptor is:

  • Correct answer
    A
    an iron-sulphur protein
  • B
    ferredoxin
  • C
    cytochrome
  • D
    plastocyanin

Solution

In photosystem I, the primary electron acceptor is probably a Fe-S protein. The reduced primary acceptor transfers the electrons to the secondary electron acceptor $\mathrm{P}_{430}$. The reduced $\mathrm{P}_{430}$ passes its electrons to ferredoxin $(\mathrm{Fd})$ present at the outer surface of the thylakoid membrane. Related Theory In light reaction of photosynthesis two types of photosystems are involved. PS-I consists of plenty of chlorophyll- $a$ and very less quantity of chlorophyll-b. These pigments absorb light energy and transfer it to the reaction centre - $P_{700}$ After absorbing adequate amount of light energy electron gets excited from $P_{700}$ molecule and moves to iron-sulphur protein complex, designated as $A$ (Fe-S). It gets reduced after accepting electrons. It later gives this electron to ferredoxin and gets oxidized again. Figure

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'A'.

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